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Fédération Cynologique Internationale

United Kennel Club

Serbian Tricolour Hound

(Srpski Trobojni Gonic)

Serbian Tricolor Hound

ORIGIN

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FCI

Serbia.

PUBLISHED

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FCI

26.11.2002.

UTILISATION

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FCI

Scent hound.

CLASSIFICATION

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FCI

Group 6

Scent hounds and related breeds

Section 1.2

Scenthounds, Medium-sized Hounds

With working trial

UKC

Scenthound

TRANSLATION

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FCI

Mrs Pamela Jeans-Brown.

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY

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FCI

The tricoloured scent hound has the same origins as the other Balkan scent hounds. In 1946 the theory that this breed was merely a variety of the Serbian scent hound was refuted ; it was granted breed status and a first standard was drawn up. This breed was shown to cynological circles at the Belgrade International Dog Show on June 7th and 8th 1950. The F.C.I. recognised the breed and published the standard for the tricoloured Yugoslav scent hound on July 25th 1961.

UKC

The Serbian Tricolor Hound has the same origins as the other Balkan scenthounds. It was originally considered a variety of the Serbian Hound, but was given its own breed status in 1946, though except for color the standards are nearly identical.
The Serbian Tricolor Hound was recognized by the United Kennel Club in 2006.

GENERAL APPEARANCE

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FCI

Medium sized dog of robust constitution. Full of character, it is lively and energetic.

UKC

Medium sized, short coated hound, with a robust constitution.

IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS

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FCI

Length of body measured from point of shoulder to point of buttock is 10 % greater than height at withers.
Length of head corresponds to 45 % of the height at withers.

BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT

HEAD

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FCI

Dolichocephalic ( narrow skull base coupled with great length ), slim ; top lines of skull and foreface are divergent.

UKC

The head is long and narrow, with divergent planes.

CRANIAL REGION

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Skull

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FCI

Seen from the front and in profile slightly rounded, pronounced frontal furrow. Occipital crest not very developed. Distance between base of ears is equivalent to that between stop and occipital crest. Superciliary ridges almost imperceptible.

UKC

The skull is slightly rounded and has a pronounced frontal furrow. It is longer than it is wide. The stop is almost imperceptible.

Stop

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FCI

Almost imperceptible.

FACIAL REGION

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Nose

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FCI

Well-developed, always black.

UKC

The black nose is well developed.

Muzzle

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FCI

Cuneiform ; shorter than skull, ideal relationship between length of muzzle and that of skull is 8 .5 to 10. It tapers progressively from stop to nose. The foreface is straight. The lateral lines of the muzzle are convergent.

UKC

The muzzle is just slightly shorter than the skull. It tapers in width progressively from the eyes to the nose. The nasal bridge is straight. The cheeks are flat. The upper lip overhangs the lower lip. The edges of the lips should be black.

Lips

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FCI

Thin, close-fitting, mediumly developed, quite short and rounded at the end of the muzzle. The edge of the lips should be black. Top lip slightly over1aps lower lip ; corner of lips is firm.

Jaws/Teeth

The Serbian Tricolor Hound has a complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth meeting in a scissors or level bite.

Cheeks

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FCI

Flat.

Eyes

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FCI

Almond-shaped, almost oval, medium size. Pigment at edges of lids is dark (preferably black ). The colour of the iris is as dark as possible.

UKC

The medium size, oval shaped eyes are set slightly obliquely. The eyes and the eyerims are as dark as possible.

Ears

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FCI

Set high, medium length, pendulous, close to cheeks, medium size, the tip of the ear is slightly oval in shape. Ears are thinner than thick.

UKC

High set, thin and pendulous, the ears are rounded at the tips.

NECK

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FCI

Strong, in length approximately the same as the head. Top line is slightly arched. The neck is at an angle of 45 to 50 degrees to the horizontal plane.

UKC

Approximately the same length as the head, strong and well arched.

BODY

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FCI

Rectangular. Length is 10 % more than height at withers.

UKC

The body is slightly longer than tall. The chest is deep and wide. The withers are slightly pronounced, and the back is long, strong and straight. The loin is muscular, and the croup is slightly sloping, broad and muscular. There is a slight tuck-up.

Chest

Underline and belly

TAIL

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FCI

Extends line of croup. Strong at base, tapering progressively towards tip which reaches level of hock. Carried curving up slightly, never lifted above line of back. Covered in abundant hair.

UKC

The tail set follows the natural line of the croup. It is strong at the base and tapers to the tip, which reaches to the hock. The tail is carried in a slight curve below the line of the back. It is covered with abundant hair.

LIMBS

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FOREQUARTERS

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FCI

Strong, straight, well-muscled, parallel.

UKC

The shoulder blades and upper arms are long and form an angle of approximately 90 degrees.

Shoulder

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FCI

Scapula (shoulder blade) approximately same length as upper arm, muscled, solid, well attached to thoracic wall. Forms an angle of 45- 50 degrees in relation to horizontal.

Upper Arm

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FCI

Close to body, strong, muscled, approximately same length as scapula. Forms an angle of 45-50 degrees in relation to the horizontal.

Elbow

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FCI

Close to body , solid, height from ground to elbow 50 % of height at withers.

FORELEGS

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UKC

The elbows are close to the body. The legs are strong, with flat bone. The distance from the elbow to the ground is one half the height at the withers. The pasterns are slightly sloping.

HINDQUARTERS

Thigh

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FCI

Strong, well-muscled, straight.

Stifle

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FCI

Solid, parallel with median line of body .Angle of stifle about 120 degrees.

HIND LEGS

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UKC

The upper and lower thighs are approximately the same length. The stifle angulation is 120 degrees. The hock is low and powerful, with angulation of 140 degrees. The rear pasterns are strong and nearly vertical.

SKIN

COAT

HAIR

Short, abundant, gleaming, slightly thick, lying well all over all the body ; undercoat is quite well-developed. Hair is slightly longer over the back of the thighs and the underside of the tail.

UKC

Short, thick, abundant and shiny, the coat may be slightly longer on the back of the thighs and the underside of the tail. There is a good undercoat.

COLOUR

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FCI

The base coat is deep red or foxey red with a black mantle or saddle. The black can go up as far as the head where it forms black marks on the temples. The white star on the head and the blaze which stretches down the muzzle form a complete or partial collar under and around the neck. A white mark is allowed on the chest and may extend as far as the tip of the breast-bone and reach the belly and inside of the legs .The end of the tail can be white. White must not make up more than one third of the total body surface.

UKC

Base coat of red, with a black mantle or saddle. There is a white blaze on the head, and a complete or partial white collar on the neck. There may be white on the chest that reaches to the belly and the insides of the legs. The tip of the tail may be white. The white markings may not make up more than one-third of the body color.

SIZE

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Height at withers

Height for males is 18 to 22 inches. For females, it is 17 to 21 inches.

FAULTS

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FCI

Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.

DISQUALIFYING FAULTS

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FCI

Aggressive or nervous dog.

Over or under shot.

Missing a tooth. although the lack of two premolar 1 ( 2PM 1 ) is tolerated.

China eye.

Body too long .

Tail curled. carried high or curving over back. Tip of tail hooked or crooked.

Unilateral or bilateral cryptorchid. Viciousness or extreme shyness. Albinism. Undershot. Overshot. Missing teeth other than the PM 1’s. Blue eyes. Red or black ticking in the white markings. White that covers more than one third of the body. The presence of a fourth color.Teeth: Undershot. Overshot. Missing teeth other than the PM 1’s.Eyes: Blue eyes.Color: Red or black ticking in the white markings. White that covers more than one third of the body. The presence of a fourth color.

N.B.:

Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.